Monthly Archives: May 2015

NUMATS testing dates for school year 2015-2016 are now published. Students in grades 3 through 6 may participate in EXPLORE testing, and students in grades 6 through 9 may participate in ACT and/or SAT testing. Go to www.ctd.northwestern.edu/numats for more information.

May 12, 2015Comments Off on Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students Application Is Now Open.

Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students Application Last year the MAC established a program maximum of 60 MACCS. We will be staying with this number again this year, which means that we’ll be looking to add 15-20 new students to the program (it’s a multi-year program). Students may come into the program during any year of their high school studies (or home …

In 2014, Hasbro’s The Game of Life updated its list of most popular careers with kids. Scientist is now among the top 10 modern choices of careers. Avery Scherer JHS ’08 was ahead of her time. At age three and living in Jeffersonville, IN, a day’s drive away from the ocean, she made the career decision to become a marine biologist. Avery is now in …

The Golden Ticket “…Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost’s poem could easily describe Scarlett Harrod’s (JHS 2002) approach to life. Not only has Harrod, the 2002 valedictorian of Jeffersonville High School, chosen the road “less traveled,” but she has done so …

Wesley Royse, Jeffersonville High School, Class of 1992 Wesley Royse has posted more than a few impressive numbers over the course of his academic and professional career. Royse was Jeffersonville High School’s 1992 salutatorian. He also played on that year’s final four basketball team. In 1996, he graduated from Centre College with a double major in math and biology. Today, …